Here's Why MTF Supports FMCB's vote on Fare Hikes
Today’s fare hike vote by the Fiscal and Management Control Board (FMCB) illustrates why creation of the Board was so critical to the T’s turnaround and why the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation...
View ArticleTHE FUTURE OF TRANSPORTATION: PAVING A PATH TO PROGRESS
The Foundation focuses this report on the capital financing of transportation. More specifically, MTF takes a critical first look at the two most important questions facing the transportation capital...
View ArticleOne Year Later, FMCB Has Long List of Successes Yet T remains in Crisis
The FixOurT Coalition coalesced around the need to turn the MBTA into a safe, reliable and fiscally sustainable public transit system. We advocated for the creation of the Fiscal and Management Control...
View ArticleNew Contract Agreement: A Win for MBTA Workers, Riders, and Taxpayers
According to Eileen McAnneny, the Foundation’s President, ”this contract agreement demonstrates what is achievable when management and labor have a candid dialogue on how to face future challenges...
View ArticleMBTA's Debt Trap
On April 25, MTF President Michael Widmer presented the MBTA’s financial status at a meeting organized by A Better City. With a growing operating deficit, massive debt, and faltering infrastructure,...
View ArticleDelivering on the Promise: Improving the Performance of Massachusetts...
A major study released today by two leading business groups, the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation (MTF) in collaboration with the Massachusetts Business Roundtable MBR), offers a blueprint to ensure...
View ArticleMTF Statement in Support of Legislative Transportation Proposals
The Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation (MTF) endorses the House and Senate bills that address the shortfall in funding for transportation while continuing to improve the performance of state...
View ArticleMTF Statement on Computer and Software Services Tax
This is the most sweeping such tax in the nation. It strikes at the heart of the state’s innovation economy and will stifle job creation for years to come.
View ArticleBusiness Leaders File Ballot Petition to Repeal Software Services Tax
Citing the recently passed technology tax “as a grave danger to the future of the innovation economy,” 20 Massachusetts business leaders, representing both small and large companies, today filed an...
View ArticleThe T: The End of Its Line
The MBTA’s fiscal and structural problems are so severe and pervasive that marginal reforms will no longer suffice. The MBTA has reached the end of its line and needs a comprehensive rescue plan before...
View ArticleMTF Statement on Findings and Recommendations from the Governor’s Special...
“We are at a pivotal moment for the MBTA and our economy,” said Eileen McAnneny, President of the MTF.read more
View ArticleBusiness Coalition Statement of Support of a World Class Transit System
Due to the urgency of fixing the MBTA and the need for the public transit system to be reliable and fully functional, the undersigned business organizations are requesting policy makers to address the...
View ArticleMTF Urges Legislature to Pass Strong MBTA Reforms
Four months after the T’s collapse this past February, the state has reached a pivotal moment in which the Legislature must make crucial decisions on the future of the state’s key public transit...
View ArticleCoalition for a World Class Transit System Statement on MBTA Legislation
Despite efforts over the past decades, previous reforms have failed and the T continues to deteriorate, threatening our vibrant economic recovery. Bold action is urgently needed. Five months after the...
View ArticleA New Chapter for the MBTA, A Proud Moment for Lawmakers
Today marks an important new chapter for the MBTA and its riders. Today is the first meeting of the Fiscal Management Control Board. This board will bring much-needed focus, expertise, urgency,...
View ArticleHere's Why MTF Supports FMCB's vote on Fare Hikes
Today’s fare hike vote by the Fiscal and Management Control Board (FMCB) illustrates why creation of the Board was so critical to the T’s turnaround and why the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation...
View ArticleTHE FUTURE OF TRANSPORTATION: PAVING A PATH TO PROGRESS
The Foundation focuses this report on the capital financing of transportation. More specifically, MTF takes a critical first look at the two most important questions facing the transportation capital...
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